That's the title of an essay I published in the latest issue of The City, a publication of Houston Baptist University. It is a review of Religious Liberty, Why Now?: Defending an Embattled Human Right, by The Task Force on International Religious Freedom of the Witherspoon Institute (Princeton, NJ: The Witherspoon Institute 2012). Here's how my essay begins: In a class I teach at Baylor University, “Law and Religion in the United States,” I begin the semester by asking my students this questio … [Read more...]

Houston Baptist University is starting an M.A. program in philosophy. Given the quality of its faculty, and the recent hiring of philosopher John Mark Reynolds as the new HBU provost, this is an exciting development. Here's what the HBU website says:Program Description The mission of the Master of Arts in Philosophy (MAPhil) is to develop students who are capable of serving their community and the Church successfully in a variety of vocations, including academic, parachurch, and e … [Read more...]

That is the title of a conversation that appears in the most recent issue of The City, a publication of Houston Baptist University. I am honored to be one of the discussants, along with Paul Cella III, Sean Curnyn, Benjamin Kerstein, and Benjamin Domenech. However, my contribution is dwarfed by those of my fellow discussants, who offer a lot more insight than I can possibly muster. Here is an excerpt from Mr. Domenech's opening comments:Today we’ve gathered a group of five friends and colle … [Read more...]

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